“I want it Nic. God I want it. But not right now.”
Nicolae rips Belladonna’s clothes off as she takes off his clothes. He quickly makes love to Belladonna. Barely able to contain himself. Belladonna is screaming out. Turning Nicolae on even more. They climax and are spent hanging off each other.
Belladonna gets off the counter and something occurs to her. “It’s Thanksgiving. My father is going to expect me to be there today.”
“You can go. Just be careful.”
“Okay. Promise nothing will happen?”
“Promise precious. Go get ready.”
Chapter 5
Thanksgiving dinner is going well. Belladonna has told everyone she isn’t talking about where she is staying just that everyone needs to know she is safe, and she’ll be back in a couple days. Cooper has already dropped back and explained the baby. He glossed over how she got pregnant and now everyone is excited to see the baby. Belladonna has been trying different girl names but hasn’t found anything that fits. After dinner Belladonna plans to leave. She misses Cooper. She can’t tell anyone why cause it doesn’t make sense. Not to her.
“Dad, I’m going to go.”
“Okay do you want to take anything with you?”
“No dad, I'm good.”
“Okay well if you need anything you know where I am.”
“Yes dad. Love you.”
“Love you.”
Mercedes stops Belladonna. “I need to ask you a question.”
“I’m not answering anything. So don’t ask.”
“Okay. It’s just that Cooper said.”
“I’m not getting into it.”
“Okay. I love you.”
“I love you.”
Belladonna left and teleported to the cabin. Nicolae was watching football. Belladonna sat beside him. Trying not to disturb him. Nicolae grabs her and throws her on his lap. “What were you doing?”
“Trying not to bother you.”
“The tv bothers me. You are the main focus.”
“You’re sweet.”
“It’s the truth.”
“Mercedes wanted to ask me about you. Cause Cooper told her things. I told her I didn’t want to get into it.”
“That’s smart.”
“I have to go shopping for baby stuff on Black Friday after I get off work.”
“Well let’s go to your place and let's get some sleep before you have to work today.”
“I don’t need sleep for hours.”
“I was thinking we could break your bedroom in.”
“I like how you think.”
“I thought you would.”
Belladonna grabbed her stuff as did Nicolae and they teleported to her house. Mercedes sees him and smiles. Belladonna hates to break her heart. Nicolae opens his mouth. “Hey Mercedes. I’m Nicolae. Belladonna will be my mate.”
“You two are mated?”
“No. Not yet.,” she says softly.
“That’s a shame. Cooper would die, which he deserves. You need to explain that when you were sixteen thing to me”
“You will kill him if I explain it.”
“I knew it was something like that!”
“It’s two different things.”
“Oh, dear lord. Oh, I’m sorry Nicolae it’s nice to meet you. Just put your stuff in Belladonna’s bedroom.”
Nicolae goes upstairs with the clothes. “You are upset, are you?”
“Not in the least. If your mates were between Cooper and him. I’m glad you chose him. My guy is out there, and I won’t be the second choice.”
“That’s right.”
“So anyway, about Cooper?”
“He transformed into my would-be rapist and tried to. Then was himself and did.”
“Oh my god.”
“Seems I begged him as himself. Being sixteen that seemed like a good age.”
“He’s a rapist,” Nicolae says.
“Might want to watch him around your daughter. Oh, did I say that?”
“That was harsh.”
“It was harsh what he did to Belladonna.”
There is a knock at the door. Belladonna goes to answer it and there stands Cooper. “Can I talk to you please? I have the card for you with the pin number. We can go now if you want. I talked them into opening for me.”
“We can go ahead and go.”
“Mercedes, will you follow?”
“Yes of course.”
“Nicholae are you ready?”
“Yes, precious I’m ready.”
“Can he drive your car and you ride with me please?”
“Nic is that okay with you?”
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
Belladonna gets into Cooper’s car. Cooper you can tell wants to hold Belladonna’s hand, but he stops himself from doing it. “I’ve missed you.”
“What have you missed?”
“Talking to you, seeing you, kissing you, everything about you.”
“How different am I then when I was sixteen?”
“Please don’t do that.”
“Do you like me better when I didn’t know any better or now?”
“I like you now. I love you now.”
“Do you regret it?”
“Honestly?”
“You don’t.”
“No, I don’t. I wish I wouldn’t have pretended to be Robbie, but I don’t regret the rest of it.”
“Cooper.”
“Shh. I love you and I know you love me. I can feel you love me. Tell me you don’t love me.”
“I can’t.”
“You’re my Queen. You will always be my Queen.”
“Why are you pulling over? They are going to be waiting on us.”
“They can wait a minute.”
“What do you want Cooper?”
“This.” Cooper kisses Belladonna passionately. She puts both hands on his face wanting to be closer to him. Cooper moves her seat back and down. He lays on top of her and kisses her. She kisses his neck. Biting hard. He moans loudly. She bites until she draws blood. I’m so sorry, my love. I will do anything to make this up to you. Anything. I love you so much. You are my world.
Belladonna goes back to kissing him. Cooper kisses her neck and nibbles. She moans his name. “God that is such a turn on. You calling my name. I want you so badly.”
Belladonna moans again. “You make me so wet, Coop. We need to go though.”
“I love you, my Queen.”
“I love you. We have to shop.”
Cooper drives them to the baby store where Mercedes and Nicolae are waiting. Before they get out of the car Cooper says, “You slept with him?”
“It’s none of your business.”
“It changes nothing between us.”
They get out of the car and Nicolae comes over to Belladonna. He looks her over and is satisfied that nothing happened to her. Cooper goes to the door and they are let in. They shop for bottles, car seats, strollers, pack n plays, swings, bouncers, and more. Belladonna doesn’t get a crib yet as she doesn’t have anywhere it will fit. She does get one for Cooper’s house. She gets a bassinet for herself. Nicolae thinks a crib will fit in her room no problem. Cooper gets uncomfortable with the topic. Finally, it’s decided Cooper will buy a crib and keep it at his house until Belladonna needs it. Cooper pays for everything then they load everything up. They can’t fit everything, so they have to make two trips. Cooper asks to see Belladonna before he leaves. Nicolae gets in the car and waits for Belladonna. Belladonna gets in Cooper’s car.
“You wanted to see me.”
“Do you know I love you?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Do you know I’ll die without you.”
“Yes Cooper. I know this.”
“Don’t give up on me. I’m begging you. I will make up for everything. For the rest of my existence, I will make up for everything. I swear to you. I can’t believe you’re with Nicolae.”
“Cooper.”
“He has been in yo
ur bedroom?”
“Baby, you will drive yourself crazy.”
“He is touching what is mine. I’m already crazy. “
“Coop. I’m not yours. I’m not anyone’s.”
“You are my Queen. You are mine. You will forever be mine. You can deny it but you know you are.”
“I need to go.”
“I love you.”
“I love you.” Cooper kisses Belladonna before she gets out.
Belladonna gets out of the car and gets into the car with Nicolae. He puts his hand on her leg. ‘I know it isn’t easy.”
“No, it isn’t.”
“Want to talk about it?”
“He is talking about how he’ll make it up to me. How I’m his. How he knows I love him. How you are touching what is his.”
Nicolae takes her hand. “You are not his. I don’t know how you make that up to someone. I don’t. I don’t feel bad about what we do. I love you. I’m not going to change how I act with you just because he is bothered by the fact, I touch you.”
They pull up in front of Belladonna’s house. She leans over and kisses Nicolae. His hands run all over her body. There is a knock on the window. “Are we going to carry this stuff in?”
“Yes Mercedes. Sorry.”
“No, it’s fine. Come on.”
Belladonna is laying on Nicolae’s chest. She has to get up in ten minutes to start getting ready for work. She hardly slept last night. She is drawing circles on his stomach as he sleeps. She can’t deny she is falling hard for him. Really hard. She kisses his stomach and lifts up. Nicolae pulls her up to him. “Why did you stop? I was enjoying that.”
“I have to get ready to go to work and I thought you were asleep.”
“I am not missing a second with you, so I wasn’t going to sleep. Sorry.”
“Don’t apologize. You can’t stay here today if you like. Get some sleep. Whatever you want. Put together baby equipment. Mercedes has to work as well.”
“I’ll stay and get some sleep. Then put together baby equipment.”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Come on let’s get in the shower.”
It was crazy busy. Her head was hurting, and she was tired. Belladonna has two more hours, and she would be done. Nicolae shows up in the store. She wants so badly to talk to him. Belladonna can’t handle the headache anymore. “Tim, I need to get something for this headache, or I’m scared I’m going to be sick.”
“Take ten.”
“Thank you.”
Belladonna goes over to Nicolae who has a drink and pain reliever. “How did you know I needed this?”
“Lucky guess.”
“You are my hero.”
“I was hoping so.”
“What have you been up to?”
“All baby equipment has been put together. It looks like you own a daycare center now.” Nicolae laughs.
“I’m sure it does.”
“I missed you.” He touches her face then rubs her neck.
“I missed you.”
“I want to kiss you, but I know you can’t during work.”
“No, I can’t.”
“Well, I should let you get back to work.”
“Okay. What are you going to do now?”
“Have to go see my sister. She wants a report on what is going on.”
“Be careful.”
“Always am.”
Nicolae goes to walk away and then comes back. He hugs her and kisses her cheek. He then whispers in her ear, “I’m going to show you how I missed you when you get home. I love you.” Nicolae leaves.
Belladonna is focusing on making a ball of water. Everyone is watching her. Even Nicolae and Cooper came today. She makes a ball and then has it disappear. She has to make it bigger and bigger. When she is done everyone claps for her. Cage and her are alone talking. “Belladonna, can I be honest with you?”
“You normally are why would you stop now?”
“You can’t do a claim with a vampire.”
Belladonna looks at him like he has six heads. “Why not?”
“He will thirst for your fae blood. Any children you have will be an abomination.”
There is a flash of color that goes by Belladonna. Cooper is holding him by the throat. Cooper looks scary and deadly right now. Belladonna doesn’t say a word. Nicolae is behind him. He looks as deadly as Cooper. “Our children will be what?” Cooper asks.
Cooper lets go of this throat enough so he can answer. “An abomination.”
Cooper throws him across the yard. Nicolae is on top of him now. “Why would you say such a hurtful, untrue thing?”
Cage tries to get up but is unable to do so. Cooper and Belladonna catch up to Nicolae. Cage looks at Belladonna, but she has only hurt and anger on her face.
“It would be half vampire and half fae. That’s something not meant to exist in this world. In any world. It would be better off if….”
Nicolae digs his knee into his throat. “It would be better if we killed it?”
Belladonna is blinking back tears trying not to show how upset she is. “Cage, leave your feelings to yourself when it comes to my family. It’s none of your business,” Cooper says.
Belladonna, Nicolae, and Cooper walk back to the house. Stephen is on the porch when she returns. He opens his arms, and she goes to him and cries.
A baby name book is open on the coffee table. Mercedes and Belladonna each have a book trying to come up with names. Nicole is out doing some work. Belladonna doesn’t ask what kind of work he does. She figures she doesn’t want to know. Cage has been calling every hour on the hour. Belladonna refuses to answer the phone. He came over once. Mercedes said if he did again she would let Cooper loose on him. Cooper was being strangely quiet today. Belladonna chalked it up to him putting together baby equipment.
When Nicolae doesn’t show up after several hours, she starts to get worried.
“Nicolae what’s going?”
“It’s nothing. Just stay where you are.”
“Is Cooper with you?”
“Yes.”
“How bad is it?”
“I love you.”
Belladonna focuses and gets that they are at Cooper’s house. “Mercedes, we need to go to Cooper’s. Cooper and Nicolae are in trouble.”
“Okay let me notify the others and then we’ll go.”
Pete shows up at the apartment to go right away with Mercedes and Belladonna they end up on the second floor of the house. They hear a man talking. “She is my mate. MY MATE! She should be mine. But no, you two keep trying to take her. Cooper you must make love to her in a clearing and get her knocked up. She isn’t YOURS she is MINE.”
“Go to hell Mortar.”
“Oh yes the mighty King. All tied up. Nothing you can do right now.”
“What do you want?” Nicolae asks.
“I want HER.”
Mortar walks around the living room. There is something about him that seems familiar to Belladonna. She doesn’t know what it is. She is looking for what looks like a compass necklace. She doesn’t see it though. She is studying his every move. She sees him turn his head towards the staircase. She hides again.
“Are the two of you going to give up the mating or will I rip your heart out of your chest?”
“No,” they both say.”
“Fine.”
Belladonna, Pete, and Mercedes end up in the middle of the living room. Mortar smiles, “I was hoping you’d show, Queen. I need you to end the mating.”
“I will never let you do that.”
“You can’t stop me. Your powers don’t work here. Try.”
They try their witch powers and none of them work. She sees the triangle and that is blocking their gifts. She can still access her fae gifts. “I know you think there is no way to end your mating connection but there is. It’s complicated, It requires blood. A lot of blood. It can be done. You just have to want it. Do you want it Belladonna?”
“Over my dead body.
”
“What about over the dead body of your daughter?”
Marcus comes in beaten and bound in silver. Mortar is carrying a beautiful baby girl. Belladonna feels her heart drop. She sees both the guys do the same thing. Cooper looks at her. She knows what he is thinking, and she nods once in agreement. Mortar lays the baby down in the bassinet. He has an athame in his right hand and smiles at Belladonna. “What one would you pick: your mates or your daughter?”
“My mates.”
Mortar looks at her like she is crazy. “You pick Nicolae and Cooper over your own daughter?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Are you sure about this.”
“I’m sure.”
“Belladonna, I will kill her and set him loose. You’ll never get to hold her. Dress her. Feed her. Watch her grow up. Love her. None of that. Are you sure that is what you want to do?”
“I want Cooper and Nicolae.”
Mortar looks like he is going to be sick. Everyone in the room is uncomfortable but Belladonna and Copper. “I can’t let you have him. I can’t do this.”
Belladonna teleports to the triangle and smashes it. Mercedes grabs the baby while Pete shoots lightning at Mortar’s men. Cooper’s men are trying to get them loose. Belladonna tries to get them both loose. Mortar grabs Belladonna and teleports them out.
They are in an abandoned warehouse. It is almost finished. There is drywall up against the pillars in the middle of the room. Belladonna gets loose from Mortar and just looks at him. “What the hell do you want?”
“YOU!”
“I will never be yours. Never. I will pick twenty different men before I would even consider you and then I would look at all the men in the universe.”
“You are picking the wrong guys. Soon you will learn the truth and you will know I’m right.”
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